The Holiday

I'm not exactly a big fan of lovey-dovey movies, but yes, last weekend, I was conned by my good friend Paul to watch The Holiday instead of Hannibal Rising!!! And I must say, I actually liked it - in spite of it all...

There were some lines in the movie that moved me... The best was:

Iris: It doesn't matter how many new haircuts you get, or gyms you join, or how many glasses of chardonnay you drink with your girlfriends... you still go to bed every night going over every detail and wonder what you did wrong or how you could have misunderstood. and how in the hell for that brief moment you could think that you were that happy. And sometimes you can even convince yourself that he'll see the light and show up at your door. And after all that, however long all that may be, you'll go somewhere new. and you'll meet people who make you feel worthwhile again. And little peices of your soul will finally come back. And all that fuzzy stuff, those years of your life that you wasted, that will eventually begin to fade.
--boohoo! I cried here... Si Paul kasi!!!

And another one:
Amanda: You know Graham, I just broke up with someone and considering you just showed up and you're insanely good-looking and probably won't remember me anyway... I'm thinking we should have sex... If you want.
Graham: Is that a trick question?

Funny one:
Amanda: Sex makes everything more complicated. Even not having it because the not having it makes it complicated.

And of course, how could you forget the opening lines ala Love Actually ang dating:
Iris: I've found almost everything ever written about love to be true. Shakespeare said "Journeys end in lovers meeting." What an extraordinary thought. Personally, I have not experienced anything remotely close to that, but I am more than willing to believe Shakespeare had. I suppose I think about love more than anyone really should. I am constantly amazed by its sheer power to alter and define our lives. It was Shakespeare who also said "love is blind". Now that is something I know to be true. For some quite inexplicably, love fades; for others love is simply lost. But then of course love can also be found, even if just for the night. And then, there's another kind of love: the cruelest kind. The one that almost kills its victims. Its called unrequited love...

Have you ever experienced such a case? Unrequited love? Made me think... Have I?
The last time I fell in love... Well, it's not worth mentioning really. Very bad experience, but I've learned my lesson, and that is: to be always on your guard - no matter what.
But back to my question about unrequited love... I dunno... I've felt loved although it was all a lie, so does that count? So I guess it's a bit of a yes & no for me? Oh well!
That must be absolute agony though... Damn... I wouldn't want to be in such a state... (knock on wood!)
This is why I don't like lovey-dovey movies, it makes me too sappy! :-p